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NASA Voyager 2 is receiving commands from Earth again
CNN via MSN ^
| 03 Nov 2020
| Ryan Prior
Posted on 11/03/2020 2:38:42 PM PST by blueplum
Election Day may have us tied up in anxious knots today. But we can also take solace in the fact that nearly 12 billion miles away, one of humanity's greatest achievements is twinkling back at us, and our understanding of the mysteries of the universe continues to unfold....
...After a seven-month hiatus without being able to command Voyager 2, NASA is now able to communicate new directions and procedures to the craft, the agency announced.
The Voyager 2 space probe, launched in August 1977, has been traveling outward for more than 43 years visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune....
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 1977; astronomy; jpl; nasa; science; space; startrek; voyager; voyager2
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unconfirmed rumors that the initial ping sent back from Voyager was...vote Trump! Ok, I lied, but it seems that repairs to the antenna array in Canbeera, Australia was the fix.
Astounding to think that the computer onboard has '200,000 times less' memory than an average smart phone of today, but it's still chugging 4-plus decades after launch
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:38:42 PM PST
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blueplum
To: blueplum
Good sign. The Communist News Network is trying to distract its dozen viewers from the election.
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11/03/2020 2:40:22 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor)
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:40:46 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: blueplum
Beaming back from space. GOD loves President Trump.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:41:44 PM PST
by
Track9
(English language instruction in china is sponsored by the CCP to facilitate espionage.)
To: blueplum
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:42:03 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
Does anybody know who sent them?
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:42:46 PM PST
by
dsrtsage
(Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:42:58 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:43:38 PM PST
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
( PAROLED VIOLATED! Back in Facebook jail for SEVEN DAYS!)
To: blueplum; Daffynition
NASA Voyager 2 is receiving commands from Earth again "Be sure to drink..."
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:44:29 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: blueplum
Voyager sending 30 electoral votes from Mars to President Trump!
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:44:33 PM PST
by
V_TWIN
(Where's Hunter???)
To: blueplum
Trying to send a vote from space for Biden.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:44:37 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: blueplum
“You got a command for me? Okay... Yeah, I reckon I do that. Gonna take me awhile, though... You don’t mind a wait, do ya?”
...And I wonder: how long does it take to send out a signal to Voyager 2? And for the signal to return? I imagine it is nearly the same time. The time for the round trip will no doubt surprise me.
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11/03/2020 2:45:08 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:45:13 PM PST
by
Bratch
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: V_TWIN
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11/03/2020 2:45:27 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: DannyTN
I hope the command wasn’t “learn all there is and return it to the ceator.”
ST:TMP plot was based on a TOS episode “ The Changeling”.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:45:47 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(ONLY A MORON THINKS 6 FEET IS A MAGIC NUMBER! AND MASKS WORK!)
To: blueplum
The Voyager team is interesting. Using technology from long ago that only a few understand.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:46:14 PM PST
by
devane617
(Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
To: blueplum
My son is an astronautical engineer at NASA. His first job was flight operations on a solar observation satellite. It launched the month he was born for a two year mission.
At some point, something broke and the satellite lost contact for several years. Suddenly one say they regained contact and it’s been performing it’s mission since.
He was about 20 and still in college when he interviewed. He actually said he was born for this job.
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11/03/2020 2:46:49 PM PST
by
cyclotic
(The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
To: Ezekiel
To: Ezekiel
"Be sure to drink..."
*****
:)
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:47:04 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: blueplum
Canbeera. My Aussie in-laws are going to love that. It’s quite accurate.
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posted on
11/03/2020 2:48:01 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
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